So the demo just came out yesterday and I'm impressed so far.There are some changes that might annoy some people though, such as the missing top-down view (I miss it so much) and streamlined skill tree and combat.Overall I like the much faster paced combat, especially with mages.

Haha, if it`s half as good as Origins I`ll love it. I thought Dragon`s Age: Origins was fantastic

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."

You have no idea how excited I am about Dragon Age 2. Actually you have no idea how excited I am that Bioware is able to just crank out excellent games. They found a formula for awesome And apparently a formula for printing money.

Zeph do you ever tire of being perfect? ~DaveZeph is still awesome though. ~RivalI love you so much right now Zeph. ~YoshiI love you Zeph. You and your simple yet humorous topic-breakers. ~CoosZeph has left me inspired. ~MathiasZeph is so awesome even soulless bits of binary worship him. ~WizardCurse YOU ZEPH! CURSE YOU! ~JesusChristWE ARE SORRY THAT WE ARE NOT AS PERFECT AS YOU, ZEPH! ~StufflikeheartsZepherin for forum queen and writer of the best seller "how to screw your brethen up for dummies". ~ The Mirak

What are you talking about that you cant zoom all the way out? From what I heard the camera view wouldnt be that much different than before, you can zoom out to how it was in DA:O and pause for commands and such.

No no, I knew about that, but I dont think they'd overexaggerate the damage that it does normally, especially since as the Mage your staff attack was doing very little to them. Took 5-6 hits to kill one normally. If those were the real damage numbers of the abilities and real stats of the Genlocks, he's still OP as hell. Again, that's not really news though considering Mages were the most powerful class in DA:O

Ya, my first character in DA:O was a rogue, it was fun stuff. My second character is a mage with combat magic.

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."

Archery is pretty powerful now. High damage, and knock back effects.Still trying to figure out my playthroughs. One male tank nice guy, I know that. I kinda liked a snarky joking female in the demo, but I can't decide rogue or mage.

Yeah, bugged me that the only characters in Origins that looked decent were just the party characters. Couldn't even have the PC look that good without carefully setting everything. And even then it still wasn't great. (Was thanful for all the headgear that enclosed on the cheeks.)

And yeah, mages are still the powerhouses. If you have tanks to distract the enemies. Got chased around the field by five Hurlocks and the Ogre when everyone else died... Actually, only time no one else dropped was when I played the two-handed warrior and took all the attention.

Just wondering if they got that one OP archer skill, Slaying Shot. (Or whatever it was.) Didn't check the ability tree too much with the rogue play.

Characters are actually kinda bugging me. Carver/Bethany are as bland as bread. Chick who loses her husband is kinda boring as well. Isabella is perhaps too much of a massive slut. Dwarf guy seems kinda cool, but good lord the chest hair.

Yeesssssss. Played rogue, which mostly due to the dodge ability seemed like one of the more dynamic, fun classes to play. I can barely wait till this game comes out. I really like many of the design changes. Yet, I have a bad feeling in my gut... Awakening was rushed and had lots of subtle problems, and I have a bad feeling this is too.